There's a secret step between 'announcement' and 'release' for action figures - 'factory figures hitting eBay'. It's always a sign that new toys will soon be on the way, and often our best look at something before it hit shelves - and today we're treated to a trio of MCU SHIELD agents: Coulson, Hill and Fury, oh my! »1/19/15 10:20am 1/19/15 10:20am

The characters of Agents of SHIELD will join the Marvel comic book universe on December 31st, in the first issue of S.H.I.E.L.D. And the variant covers have the team meeting everyone. Yes, including Deadpool. »12/28/14 9:00pm 12/28/14 9:00pm

Far from the slow burn of season one, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD season two is solving mysteries as fast as it brings them up! All of this is laying the ground work for something - but could it be the 2018 Inhumans movie?! »11/13/14 11:21am 11/13/14 11:21am

I got so many good questions this week — well, and maybe a few good questions from the week before, which I'd accidentally stuffed in one of my boots for some reason and just found again — that this week's "Postal Apocalypse" is super-sized! Get comfortable! Get a snack! Say goodbye to your loved ones! It's a doozy! »11/12/14 9:00am 11/12/14 9:00am

Skye. Melinda May. FitzSimmons. Agent Coulson's elite team will join official Marvel comics continuity with SHIELD #1, written by Mark Waid and featuring a rotating series of artists. At Marvel's Comic-Con panel, Waid described it as "This is S.H.I.E.L.D. the TV show, the unlimited budget edition." »7/28/14 6:25am 7/28/14 6:25am

Authors, showrunners, directors and horrible people. They kill characters we love constantly, just to make us feel emotions, or they give us awesome characters and then plan to get rid of them for no reason! Luckily, sometimes fans can come together and keep these bastards from destroying the fictional people we love… »3/10/14 10:00am 3/10/14 10:00am

The supremely affable Clark Gregg, star of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series, appears to be testing his affability. In an interview which he almost certainly already regrets, Gregg called those who have stopped watching the slow-burning show "losers." »2/03/14 6:40am 2/03/14 6:40am

If you turned off Agents of SHIELD halfway through “F.Z.Z.T.”, I don’t blame you. The first half was spent watching this supposedly super-important team investigate the deaths of three volunteer firefighters (a good thing to do, but not exactly the highest stakes). But if you did turn it off, you missed the good part… »11/06/13 8:40am 11/06/13 8:40am

We discussed it a bit in our review of the pilot, but now you can see the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. panel in its entirety! Watch Joss Whedon, Clark Gregg, Ming Na and the others discuss making the show, how excited they are to be involved, and, of course, the return of Agent Coulson. »7/20/13 10:20am 7/20/13 10:20am

Okay, when I say "tons" I really mean "about 30 seconds or so," but you should still watch this quick featurette anyways, because it also includes director Joss Whedon and star Clark Gregg explaining why Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is going to be the best. »7/18/13 9:20am 7/18/13 9:20am

This seemingly innocuous S.H.I.E.L.D. featurette, which introduces us to Agent Grant Ward, starts off like all other PR video hype creations. And then it cuts to Agent Coulson and is IMMEDIATELY AWESOME. »7/10/13 9:10am 7/10/13 9:10am

We've got a lot to get through in this week's "Postal Apocalypse" — zombies, Agent Coulson, more zombies, Game of Thrones, and, of course, more superhero sex. So make sure you send your questions to postman@io9.com, and let's get started! »5/22/13 8:05am 5/22/13 8:05am

One of the biggest reasons to be excited about Joss Whedon's S.H.I.E.L.D. show is the return of Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson. But what if the series doesn't get picked up by ABC? »4/25/13 3:20pm 4/25/13 3:20pm

We're amped that Clark Gregg will be reprising his role as Agent Phil Coulson on Joss Whedon's S.H.I.E.L.D.. But why, after the events of The Avengers, did Whedon decide to bring back a character who was busy being dead? It's because Whedon felt Gregg was the perfect guy to represent the Marvel Universe's… »3/10/13 11:30am 3/10/13 11:30am

Batman and his friends and family will face the "Death of the Family" this week, while Princess Leia will finally hop in her X-Wing to school the Empire in a whole new manner. Meanwhile, Buffy teams up with an Angel star, Rick's daddy issues boil over in The Walking Dead, and Agent Coulson gets his greatest promotion… »2/12/13 2:45pm 2/12/13 2:45pm

The fine folks at Hot Toys - who I am completely convinced have been performing some kind of dark, ritual sacrifice to gain the power to sculpt such uncannily realistic likeness over the years - have revealed the latest installment in their 12-inch Avengers Movie Masterpiece toyline, and they've saved the best for… »11/19/12 7:10am 11/19/12 7:10am

Ever since we heard about Joss Whedon's S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show, we've been hoping against hope that Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson would appear, despite the events of The Avengers. At today's Marvel television panel, Joss Whedon and Kevin Feige announced that Clark Gregg will in fact be headlining S.H.I.E.L.D.. »10/13/12 3:08pm 10/13/12 3:08pm

The Avengers finally comes out on DVD/Blu-ray next week, which means we'll all be reliving the thrills and amazing revelations — including Agent Coulson's first name. And Coulson has finally been getting the kind of fan love that you'd think would be reserved for the Hulk or Nick Fury. »9/20/12 3:42pm 9/20/12 3:42pm